linux-kernel - Re: [linux-keystone] [PATCH v2] drivers: cma: fix addressing on PAE machines

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Message-ID: <50BD9C45.7070501@ti.com>
Date:	Tue, 4 Dec 2012 12:16:29 +0530
From:	Santosh Shilimkar <santosh.shilimkar@...com>
To:	Vitaly Andrianov <vitalya@...com>
CC:	<mina86@...a86.com>, <m.szyprowski@...sung.com>,
	<kyungmin.park@...sung.com>, <arnd@...db.de>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-keystone@...t.ti.com>,
	Cyril Chemparathy <cyril@...com>
Subject: Re: [linux-keystone] [PATCH v2] drivers: cma: fix addressing on PAE
 machines

On Monday 03 December 2012 09:16 PM, Vitaly Andrianov wrote:
> This patch fixes a couple of bugs that otherwise impair CMA functionality on
> PAE machines:
>
>    - alignment must be a 64-bit type when running on systems with 64-bit
>      physical addresses.  If this is not the case, the limit calculation thunks
>      allocations down to an address range < 4G.
>
>    - The allocated range check is removed. On 32bit ARM kernel with LPAE
>      enabled the base may be allocated outside the fist 4GB of physical
>      memory (keystone SoC for example).
>
Any reason you have clubbed two fixes in one patch. Its better to keep
the two fixes separate patches.

> Signed-off-by: Vitaly Andrianov <vitalya@...com>
> Signed-off-by: Cyril Chemparathy <cyril@...com>
> ---
Other than that, patch looks good to my eyes.

Regards,
Santosh


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